A ticketless passenger allegedly pushed and assaulted a railway ticket checker while trying to flee after being caught without a valid ticket on a local train at Andheri station, leaving the checker with an eye injury, a report on our website said.

The ticket checker was on duty from 2 pm to 10 pm on the Virar-Dadar route, on August 18.  He found a passenger travelling without a ticket around 6.40 pm on the Dadar-bound train and the passenger was told to pay a fine. When the train reached Andheri station, the passenger allegedly got down and attempted to flee, with the checker giving chase.